Right to Disconnect Training in Ireland

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Right to Disconnect Discover how the Workplace Relations Commission's Code of Practice is revolutionising workplace culture with the Right to Disconnect. Designed to combat the harmful “always-on” mentality, this initiative ensures employees can step away from work outside normal hours, free from pressure to respond to emails, calls, or messages. By encouraging healthier boundaries, this Code empowers employers and employees alike to embrace balance, respect personal time, and create a thriving, productive environment. Learn how implementing these guidelines can benefit your organisation and protect against legal risks.

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Overview

Employees are Finding it Harder to Disconnect from Work

Modern work practices, advancements in technology, and the 24/7 economy has resulted in employees working longer hours than a generation ago and finding it harder to disconnect from work. In response to a request from the Tánaiste to address this concern, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) launched a Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect.

Engagement and training of managers and staff on the “Right to Disconnect” is a key feature of the Code. Employers should provide training to all staff on commencement, together with regular refresher updates throughout their employment.

What's Included

What's Included: Right to Disconnect

Legal Island has created a 45-minute eLearning course in partnership with RDJ LLP, specifically for all employees in Ireland. The provision of this training for your staff will enable your organisation to act in compliance with the Code, help reinforce the appropriate behaviours around disconnecting from work outside normal working hours and create a culture of good work/life balance.

Topics covered include:

What is the Right to Disconnect?
Employer and employee responsibilities
Why is it important to disconnect?
How to disconnect?

This course also includes the most recent “Right to Disconnect” statistics in Ireland, a new ‘Meet the colleagues’ section and real life examples of organisations that are helping their employees to disconnect from work.

To enhance our ability to provide cutting-edge learning solutions, we have integrated AI tools for eLearning into this course.

Should you have a particular need to brand or tailor any of our courses to your specific requirements, that is no problem at all. We offer a full bespoke service in-house. If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact our eLearning Client Executive, Glen Bell - glen@legal-island.com

Importance of Training

Switch Off to Recharge: Embracing the Right to Disconnect

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Code of Practice for Employers and Employees on the Right to Disconnect (the Code) seeks to tackle the harmful “always on” culture in the workplace and provide employees with the ability to switch off from work outside of normal working hours, including the right to not respond immediately to emails, telephone calls or other messages.

The Code confirms that the right to disconnect has three main elements:

The right of an employee to not routinely perform work outside normal working hours
The right to not be penalised for refusing to attend to work matters outside of normal working hours
The duty to respect another person’s right to disconnect (e.g. by not routinely emailing or calling outside normal working hours)

In practical terms, this means not feeling pressurised into responding to emails, calls, or other work-related notifications when we’re not at work.

The Code is designed to help employers create a workplace culture in which employees feel they can:

Disconnect from work and work-related devices
Enjoy their rest time away from work without being disturbed
Have a balanced and mutually beneficial working relationship

Although this Code is created largely for the benefit and protection of employees, the Code sets out obligations that employees are expected to observe in order to allow for the effective operation of the right to disconnect.

It is also important for employers to follow the Code and implement the measures outlined in the Code as failure to do so may have legal repercussions for employers in any proceedings brought against that employer.

Who needs this training in Ireland?

Engagement and training of managers and staff on the “Right to Disconnect” is a key feature of the Code. Employers should provide training to all staff on commencement together with regular refresher updates throughout their employment, to reinforce the appropriate behaviours around disconnecting from work outside normal working hours and to help create a culture of good work/life balance.

Course Duration

How long does Right to Disconnect take?

The course will take no longer than 45 minutes to complete including an assessment. Each member of staff will receive their own personalised certificate upon successful completion.

Key Statistics

Why learn with Legal Island?

We take huge pride in the training we deliver across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Our key statistics show:

97%

of users said they found the courses beneficial for their organisation

96%

of users said they found the courses convenient and easy to use

96%

of users said their knowledge of the compliance topic area improved

96%

of users said they would recommend our eLearning courses to other organisations

750,000 +

hours of training and course content delivered

200,000 +

employees across the island of Ireland have now benefitted from our services

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